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Suicidal Smiles

by @nigel-finn

I oftentimes recall a boy, To whom all life was simple joy, Who never let life get him down, And reached for the celestial crown. Although inside his heart was broke, He'd treat life as just a joke. Good friends he never seemed without- To see him smile removed all doubt. One day he ate a box of pills, And finished with all earthly thrills, To think of it brings me a chill, I wish that he was smiling still...
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Mar 6, 2016
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We don't kill ourselves. We are simply defeated by the long, hard struggle to stay alive. When somebody dies after a long illness, people are apt to say, with a note of approval, "He fought so hard." And they are inclined to think, about a suicide, that no fight was involved, that somebody simply gave up. This is quite wrong.”

― Sally Brampton

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